A Nazi submarine sunk during WWII is rapidly being eaten away by bacteria feeding on oil released from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill. Waste products released by bacteria feeding on the giant oil plume have been corroding the vessel at an accelerated rate, scientists say. The team believes that these bacteria consume the oil, and their waste products corrode the metal. Professor Hamdan and her team placed metal discs on the seabed near the site of the Deepwater Horizon spill to test how fast the discs eroded. Figure B shows a Biofilm monitoring platform (BMP)The Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico following an explosion in 2010.

Source: Daily Mail February 20, 2019 17:31 UTC